Cal State Prof Arrested, Accused Of Assaulting ICE Agents During Cannabis Farm Raid Authored by Emily Sturge via Campus Reform, A California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI) professor was arrested July 10 after allegedly assaulting law enforcement agents during a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation targeting illegal labor at marijuana farms.  Jonathan Anthony Caravello, a math and philosophy […]

These Are The 10 Least Livable Cities In The World While some cities are celebrated for their high quality of life, others are plagued by deep-rooted challenges that make daily life difficult and dangerous in many cases. From ongoing wars and political instability to inadequate infrastructure, this map, via Visual Capitalist’s Kayla Zhu, shows the 10 least livable cities in the world, according to The Economist Intelligence […]

Gold Revaluation: Trump’s Red Button Option? Authored by Matthew Piepenburg via VonGreyerz.gold, Could a gold revaluation be on Trump’s mind? Below, we consider the options facing a debt-sick America. A Bug Racing for a Windshield As we’ve been warning for years, the US and USD are a bug rapidly seeking a debt-hard windshield. The trend and speed of this collision (and debt trap) are becoming increasingly more obvious […]

Phoenix Taco Shop Owner Busted For Hiring Illegals – Time To Crack Down On Employers Knowingly hiring illegal aliens is a major crime, and under President Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan, the federal government is cracking down on employers who exploit cheap migrant labor. In some cases, employers have even been caught hiring illegal alien children (or maybe even trafficked by labor mules), as exposed during last week’s ICE raids on […]

New York Man Charged With Stealing Half A Million Dollars Worth Of Gold Bars Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, A New York man was charged for allegedly being involved in the theft of more than $500,000 worth of gold bars from an elderly resident in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the Ephrata Police Department said. Zhong Ren, 44, of Brooklyn, New York, was charged on July 10 with multiple offenses, including theft […]

Bessent Says “Formal Process” To Find Successor To Jerome Powell Has Begun U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed on Tuesday that a “formal process” is underway to find a potential successor to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. In an interview with Bloomberg Surveillance, Bessent remarked, “There are a lot of great candidates, and we’ll see how rapidly it progresses.” He also noted that it would be confusing for […]

Hegseth Confirms Pentagon Will No Longer Participate In ‘Globalist’ Forum Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has confirmed that the Pentagon will no longer play any role in the Aspen Security Forum, a think tank described as a “mountain retreat for the liberal elite.” Hegseth posted simply “correct” with a link to a Just The News article about the Pentagon pulling all its […]

Trump’s “Major Statement” On Russia Is A Clumsy Attempt To Thread The Needle Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, His threatened secondary sanctions could majorly backfire by harming the US’ own interests. The “major statement” on Russia that Trump earlier hyped up turned out to be a clumsy attempt to thread the needle between radically escalating US involvement in the Ukrainian Conflict and walking away from it. […]

DoJ, CFTC End Biden-Era Probe Into Polymarket Nine months after what Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan called a “last-ditch effort” to go after companies deemed to be associated with President Biden’s political opponents, the Trump administration’s Department of Justice has shut down two investigations into the crypto-betting platform. Polymarket CEO, Shayne Coplan Bloomberg reports, according to a person with direct […]

Tariff-ic! Core Consumer Price Inflation Cooler Than Expected In June Will the dreaded tariff-flation show up this time? Or will the excuse factory be required to spin the Trump-policy-driven price hike expectations as coming next time? Expectations were for a modest acceleration in prices in June and headline Consumer Prices did just that rising 0.3% MoM (as expected) and +2.7% YoY (up from +2.4% prior and hotter than the +2.6% […]

Ron Paul: Mistrusting Government About Epstein And More… Authored by Ron Paul via The Ron Paul Institute, Last week the Department of Justice announced that Jeffrey Epstein did not maintain a “client list” of prominent individuals who may have broken the law at Epstein’s private island. These individuals could be blackmailed by Epstein and whatever intelligence agencies were working with him. In February, in response to […]

Charting The U.S. Pharma Supply Chain As Trump Threatens 200% Tariffs  President Trump’s proposed 200% tariff on the pharmaceutical industry would not take effect immediately, instead allowing for a 1 to 1.5-year grace period. Over time, the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain could undergo a massive shift, becoming less reliant on foreign-made drugs and medical supplies. The Trump administration currently views this dependency as a […]

Jamie Dimon Says Private Credit Is Dangerous But Allocates $50 Billion Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, JPMorgan puts $50 Billion on riskier companies to get in on the action. Jamie Dimon Wants In At every market top there is a signal. But signals are not discernable until after the fact. Is this bit of arrogance a signal? The Wall Street Journal reports Jamie Dimon Says Private Credit Is Dangerous—and He Wants […]

Congressman Faces Eviction Over $85k Back-Rent For Luxury DC Penthouse Florida Republican Congressman Cory Mills is being sued over his alleged failure to pay $85,009 in rent for his Washington DC luxury penthouse apartment. Lashing out at a journalist after the news broke, Mills blamed the problem on the apartment’s payment system — but he’s allegedly been late on 18 out of 24 payments since he moved in two years ago.  According […]

Lesbian Couple Expose ‘Gay Babies Section’ In Barnes & Noble Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A lesbian couple posted a now viral video expressing their shock at discovering an entire section in Barnes & Noble dedicated to gay books for babies. The pair found titles such as “Gay B, C’s” featuring LGBTQ+ terms for each letter of the alphabet, and “Bye Bye Binary,” a book featuring a baby and […]

Pittsburgh Will Be Transformed Into “AI Hub Of World” With $75 Billion Investment  President Trump is set to join Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Dave McCormick at a major energy and AI summit at Carnegie Mellon University this afternoon. According to local media, McCormick is expected to unveil plans for at least $75 billion in energy and AI infrastructure investment across Pittsburgh, aiming to transform the city from a hollowed-out […]

Bud Light Still Struggling Years After Dylan Mulvaney Nuked Brand On TikTok  Beer sales over the July 4th holiday weekend came in stronger than previously expected, prompting distributors to raise their outlook for the remainder of the year and fueling renewed optimism around Constellation Brands (STZ). Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI) also posted a solid performance during the period, though one brand under its adult beverage […]

DOGE Announces Billions Of Dollars In Federal Contracts Terminated Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said over the weekend that agencies have terminated more federal contracts worth as much as $2.8 billion. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) website is displayed on a phone, in this photo illustration. Oleksii Pydsosonnii/The Epoch Times In a […]

Futures Rise, Nvidia Spikes After Trump Greenlights Selling Some Chips To China US equity futures are higher, led by Tech with the biggest overnight news being that Trump is allowing NVDA to resume its (less advanced) H2O chip sales to China; there had been chatter of a chips-for-rare earths pact to thaw US/China trade relations.  As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures rose 0.3%, while Nasdaq futures rose 0.5%, with NVDA jumping another […]

Drone Attacks On Northern Iraqi Oil Field On The Rise Amid Iran Tensions On Monday an explosive-laden drone sought to target vital infrastructure in northern Iraq, in an area known to host final remnants of US troops and officials. The US has long been most closely involved with Iraqi Kurdistan. The drone carrying explosives was intercepted and brought down early Monday near Erbil International Airport in Iraq’s semi-autonomous […]

Nvidia, AMD Get Green Light To Restart Certain AI Chip Sales To China Update (0805ET): Bloomberg reports, “AMD received similar assurances from the US Commerce Department and plans to restart shipments of its MI308 chips to China once licenses for sales are approved.”  This means both AMD and Nvidia will be able to resume shipments of certain AI chips to China, pending license approvals.  In premarket trading, shares of both […]

JPMorgan Beats Top And Bottom Line On Solid Investment Banking, Trading Results Q2 earnings season has officially begun as the big banks start reporting results, and the first one as usual is JPMorgan, with no surprises after yet another top and bottom line beat. Here is a snapshot of what the largest US banks just reported: Adjusted EPS $4.96, beating estimates of $4.47 Adjusted revenue $45.68 billion, beating estimates of […]

MP Materials Surges 10%, Apple To Announce $500 Million Partnership, Joining Pentagon As Investors Apple is reportedly set to join the Pentagon as an investor in MP Materials and announce a $500 million partnership with the company, according to a Fox Business report citing individuals familiar with the matter this morning. MP shares surged more than 10% on the news in a move that comes after a more than 100% gain over the last […]

China Q2 GDP Drops To 5.2% But Beats Expectations Thanks To Subsidies And Tariff Frontrunning China’s GDP grew 5.2% on the year in the second quarter, just fractionally above expectations (as is usually the case when Beijing reports fake numbers) the National Bureau of Statistics said Tuesday, fueled by frontloaded exports ahead of even more tariffs and a flood of subsidies that supported the manufacturing sector. The figure beat […]

8 Chinese Nationals On Student Visas Charged In Computer ‘Pop-Up’ Scam Targeting Elders Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Eight Chinese nationals on student visas in the United States have been indicted for their alleged role in a scam targeting elderly Americans through fraudulent computer pop-ups, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced on July 11. The […]